After he finished speaking, the colleagues exchanged glances.
A wife going back to her parents' home requires guards to change shifts – isn't that the epitome of a high-ranking official's daughter? His colleagues thought he was from out of town, but they didn't expect his in-laws to be so prominent, so they gossiped about it at work.
Eventually, even the leaders heard about it. Just yesterday, the leader told him that he wanted to cultivate him into a key cadre of the unit.
Zhou Jian'an was overjoyed. He had already received such benefits before even entering the Dai family. He would only receive more when he officially met Dai Qinxue's parents.
Zhou Jian'an personally escorted Dai Qinxue back. Dai Qinxue carried her bag and walked a few steps. When she turned around and saw that Zhou Jian'an had already left, she breathed a sigh of relief.
The compound was heavily guarded. Dai Qinxue entered the Dai family home and called out in a low voice.
Sun Xiulan came out of the kitchen and happily pulled her upstairs. Dai Qinxue looked around, afraid of being seen. Sun Xiulan said, "Don't be afraid. Everyone else has gone out to the wedding. It's just Mom at home. Come on, Mom will show you something good."
Sun Xiulan pulled a black box from the cupboard. Inside was a beige polyester dress with a string of pearls on the shoulder straps and a pearl belt. From a distance, it looked lustrous and beautiful!
Sun Xiulan put on a skirt, then rummaged through a drawer for a lipstick, clumsily dabbed some on her lips with her finger, and applied it.
After putting her hair up, she looked refreshed in the mirror, and should have looked beautiful and dignified, but something seemed off.
Sun Xiulan twirled in front of the mirror. "Mom, how's this outfit? It's just as good as anyone else's, isn't it?"
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